Novels like Back to the Year 2000
Books Chinese readers most often put in the same booklists as Back to the Year 2000, best match first.
- 1 Reborn as a Stock Market Master 重生之股票大作手 Zhou Ming, a finance worker, is reborn in the summer of 1996. Given the chance to do it all over again, he chooses to get rich overnight! Industry, finance, and real estate: this is undoubtedly a golden age. Zhou Ming says only children make choices. He wants it all! 135Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 2 Riding the Tide of the Times 弄潮时代 Zhao Hongbing: I've been in Shenzhen for ten years. I've watched with my own eyes as this city developed into an international metropolis at an extraordinary pace. It changes every day, transforming beyond recognition in the blink of an eye. Shenzhen is a truly special city, young and full of vitality, unlike any other in the country. Everyone who comes here has dreams, ambition, and the drive to make something of themselves. Whether they're business owners reaching for the stars or hardworking 55Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 3 Reborn: The Financial Tycoon's Grandson Strikes Back for Revenge 重生：金融大佬孙子逆袭复仇 Chen Xiu was the grandson of financial magnate Chen Taishan, but with both his parents dead, he was never given an important position. He spent twenty years as the family conglomerate’s enforcer, only to end up dumped on the ocean floor. Chen Xiu returns to the age of eighteen. As he hunts down the real culprit behind his murder and takes revenge, he also wins his grandfather’s trust and ultimately rises to the top of the financial empire. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 Reborn: I Really Didn't Mean to Become the Richest Man 重生之我真没想当首富 Zhang Haoyang was reborn in the 1990s. At the time, his father had not yet been framed, and his mother had not been implicated. With Zhang Haoyang’s help, his father dealt with the enemy who had set him up. Meanwhile, Zhang Haoyang quickly rose to success in this era brimming with business opportunities. Years later, when a reporter asked what it felt like to rank first on the Forbes list, Zhang Haoyang answered with complete seriousness: “I never wanted to be the richest man.” 331Reads5.5Score—14d adds
- 5 Reborn in 1997: Taking the Reins of a Prosperous Era 重生九七：执掌盛世繁华 This is an urban novel with no System. It has both tender, heart-wrenching romance and grand, turbulent business intrigue. See how Tang Xiao starts from nothing, builds his own business empire, and takes charge of a prosperous age. 50Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 Reborn Tycoon: Ruler of the Global Internet 富二代重生之世界互联网霸主 A rich heir is reborn in the year 2000. A playboy in his previous life, he resolves to become the richest man in China and enters the internet industry. Somehow, he accidentally becomes the richest man in the world. Who can he even complain to about that? 15Reads—Score—14d adds
- 7 Back to Life in 2004 重返人生之2004 Jin Fei, a loser, was lucky enough to be reborn. His smooth sailing after being reborn went to his head. A harsh dose of reality taught him what the real world was like. Being reborn doesn't solve everything. If you want to live it up after being reborn, you still need money. Without enough, it's simply impossible! 33Reads—Score—14d adds
- 8 Well, I Really Am Reborn This Time 这下真重生了 Entrepreneurship + Multiple Female Leads + No System + Everyday Life At 35, just after reaching the pinnacle of the business world, Yang Tianxing was suddenly sent back to the age of 18 by a dump truck. Well, that takes care of his youthful fantasies. This time, he’s really reborn. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 Reborn in 2002: Looking Down on the World 重生2002年俯瞰世界 After his career failed and his family fell apart, Lin Fan was utterly heartbroken. He never expected to be reborn in 2002, back when he was a senior in high school. Lin Fan discovered that everything that would happen in the future was etched into his memory. Since Heaven had given him a chance to be reborn, along with the ability to foresee the future, how could Lin Fan settle for being ordinary? Endless business opportunities lay before him. He could easily earn enough to last a lifetime. But 3.5kReads8.0Score27314d adds
- 10 Reborn as the Nation-Protecting Tycoon 重生之镇国神豪 Reborn unexpectedly in 2008, Lin Cheng swears that in this life he'll turn the tide, change the future, and reach the summit! A golden-scaled fish is no creature of a pond; when it catches the wind and clouds, it transforms into a dragon! 461Reads7.6Score—14d adds
- 11 Reborn: A Legendary Life 重生之传奇人生 In 2008, before the Beijing Olympics had begun and while the subprime mortgage crisis had yet to sweep across the globe, Li Qiao returned to his high school days with more than a decade’s worth of memories and personally forged a legendary life. 175Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 12 Reborn in 2004: Creating a New Era 重生2004创造大时代 If you were reborn in your final year of high school, how would you rebuild your future? Memorize the college entrance exam answers and get into a top university? Or use your knowledge of what's to come to start a business and make money? Corporate drone through and through, Lin Yi says, “Both!” In his previous life, Lin Yi worked grueling nine-to-nine-six hours every day, getting up earlier than a chicken and going to bed later than a dog. In the end, he died of overwork, only to be reborn on t 55Reads6.1Score—14d adds
- 13 Now That We’re Reborn, Even the Campus Beauty Can Fall for Me 都重生了，校花也可以爱上我 Chen Zhe was unexpectedly reborn in the year he was a senior in high school. A taciturn, shy student who blushed whenever he spoke to girls and cared about nothing but studying suddenly became worldly and tactful, always saying and doing just the right thing. Not only did he change the course of his life, he also began to attract more and more attention from girls. Girl: Chen Feng, what are your strong points? Chen Feng: I'm honest, and I don't talk much. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 14 Reborn as an Internet Mogul 重生之互联网大亨 2004. Baidu had been online for four years. JD.com had been founded six years earlier. NetEase had been around for seven years. Alibaba was celebrating its fifth anniversary, and Taobao had only just launched the year before. Luo Chen was unexpectedly reborn in 2004, as the internet was beginning to boom. Watch him rise step by step to become an industry magnate! 1.1kReads5.1Score—14d adds
- 15 Reborn as the Perfect Investment Tycoon 重生之完美投资神豪 Investment prodigy Chen Jinsheng had made a name for himself at a young age and was riding high when time played dirty and kicked him back to age eighteen. Standing once more at the crossroads of the century, with golden investment opportunities everywhere and all the sights he had missed in life before him, he swore that this time he would reach the pinnacle of the world and make up for every regret from his past life. 3.4kReads8.4Score21714d adds
- 16 Blood-Fueled City: The Rise of the Superhuman 燃血都市：超凡崛起 At first glance, this world is no different from the modern cities we live in. Skyscrapers slice through the sky, subways rush through the darkness, and people toil to make ends meet, spending their days in cubicles and on the commute. The Surface World follows the laws of steel and concrete. Technology, order, and the comforting normality of everyday life form the logic that keeps society running. Yet beneath this seemingly solid routine, a turbulent undercurrent lurks: the so-called Inner Worl 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 17 Reborn: Back in 1988 to Become a Billionaire 重生：回到1988当首富 [Rebirth + Period Setting + Business + Romance + Dad Life + Adorable Kids + Political Maneuvering + Stocks + 5G + Lithography Machines] Also known as Returning to 1988: Loving You Once More Billionaire Li Shaoping is reborn in 1988. In his previous life, his daughter fell ill and died because he couldn't afford her treatment, while his wife spent half her life in a mental hospital. Reborn, Li Shaoping hopes to make up for the regrets of his past life. Starting from nothing, he builds a business —Reads7.0Score—14d adds
- 18 Reborn: I Help My Father Fulfill His Ambitions 重生之我扶我父青云志 The azure clouds bid me behold the world; beneath the heavens, all things lie within my gaze. Chu Yi was once a good-for-nothing heir who lived under his father's protection and enjoyed everything his father did to make up for his shortcomings. But the fickle hand of fate suddenly turned against him. The family suffered another upheaval, his father was sent to prison for a second time, and the family's glory vanished overnight once more. Chu Yi's world grew dark. He could not understand his fath 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 19 Now That I'm Reborn, I Have to Be a Scumbag 都重生了必须当渣男啊 There's no time to mourn anyone else. Making his entrance next is: A scumbag reborn, a young business tycoon, the top boss of the underworld, a musical prodigy like Jay Chou, the answer a top-tier domestic superstar has waited thirty years for, the first love a CEO of a Fortune 500 company has cherished for two lifetimes, and the love that the world's most ideal little goddess will depend on for the rest of her life! Romantic Clownfish Chu! Chu Sxun, at your service! As always, first let's stack 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 20 Reborn in 2008: The Internet Empire Rose with Food Delivery 重生08：互联网帝国从外卖崛起 [Internet Industry + Business Rivalry + Multiple Female Leads + Reborn + Entrepreneurship] Jiang Feng returns to 2008. After getting his first pot of gold from Tianxian, he starts with campus food delivery, then launches a counterattack into the group-buying market. Short videos, e-commerce, micro-dramas, music apps, travel and hospitality, local services, internet finance, AI. Amid the three-way rivalry between Penguin, Alibaba, and Baidu, he carves out a place for himself against all odds. Pen 23.6kReads—Score3k14d adds
- 21 Reborn in the 1980s: Making My Mark in the Business World 重生八零纵横商海 This novel follows the male protagonist as he develops the rural economy in line with the historical course of the 1980s. Amid the tide of reform and opening up, he leads farmers to prosperity and makes his due contribution to safeguarding national interests and protecting national security. It portrays the many faces of society in the early years of reform and opening up, a time of immense change when some people pursued only their own interests while others worked for their country and their p 213Reads8.4Score—14d adds
- 22 Reborn: The Campus Belle of a Tycoon Family Wants Me as Her Live-in Son-in-Law from the Start 重生：开局财阀家校花要我当赘婿 [Tycoon-Building + Rise of a Great Nation + Conquering the World] Reborn in 1998, he meets the campus beauty who once offered herself to him. Back at university, he helps the big shots, who are still nobodies, avoid ten years of detours, becoming the power broker behind them all. He gets in early on the hottest industries, crushes and plunders the empires of the great powers, and makes people from Huaxia the most sought-after in the world. [This story is a slow burn. 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 23 After Rebirth, I Let Go of My Obsessions and Became Terrifyingly Strong 重生后，放下执念的我强得可怕 [Reborn + Urban Slice of Life + No System + College Entrepreneurship + Lighthearted + Multiple Heroines] When Gu Chuan fell asleep at his desk and never woke up, the song from Si Youwei's third anniversary performance was still playing on repeat in his ears. When he opened his eyes again, he found himself back in 2016, after the college entrance exams. Looking at Si Youwei, who was so careful even when turning him down, Gu Chuan could hardly believe she was the same person who would become the 2Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 24 Reborn in 2002: I Strike It Rich and Buy a Stake in Penguin 重生02：暴富后举牌企鹅 “The domain name and trademark have already been registered?” “Which company registered them?” “Future Investments?” Old Ma was surprised to hear that someone had registered the name he had racked his brains to come up with. When he learned it was Future Investments, he smiled. Great minds really did think alike. “What? Someone has taken a stake in the company?” Tencent had only recently gone public, and Ma Huateng was riding high. The news left him stunned. “Was it Future Investments?” “Oh, th 1.7kReads—Score12514d adds
- 25 Framed by My Ex-Wife and Thrown in Prison, I’m Reborn to Take It All Back! 被前妻陷害入狱，重生拿回一切！ [Reborn]+ [Easygoing daily life]+ [College entrepreneurship]+ [Unexpectedly warm campus beauty]+ [Childhood sweethearts]+ [Popular actress]+ [Not a doormat] His ex-wife, Li Luoluo, and his trusted aide conspired to frame him, sending him to prison for five years. On the day he got out, he was set up to be killed in a car crash, only to return to the eve of the 2004 college entrance exams! If the spring breeze could spare a thought for the flowers, could it let me be young again? In this life, wa 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 26 Reborn, the Bewitching Campus Beauty Pursues Me 重生后，魔女校花倒追我 [Rebirth + business rivalry + campus beauty + multiple heroines] In 2024, Wang Hai was featured on the cover of the globally renowned Fortune magazine. Profile: At nineteen, he made his fortune from scratch, earning twenty million with a browser game. That same year, he launched a second game and became a billionaire, making him the youngest billionaire in 2002. At twenty, he founded a tutoring website for students at China’s top universities. It swept the country, and college students natio 103Reads6.3Score—14d adds
- 27 Restarting Life: A Financial Tycoon in 2010 重启人生：金融大鳄在2010 Rebooting My Life: The Financial Tycoon of 2010 At twenty-eight, financial tycoon Lu Chen is betrayed by his partner and thrown into the sea, only to be reborn in the 2010 college entrance exam hall. Armed with the ability to foresee stock market movements and a golden finger that reveals a company’s “fortune value,” he swears to rewrite his fate: make his first fortune, expose his hypocritical homeroom teacher’s scheme, and face-slap the school bully backed by a powerful family. He will also un 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 28 Reborn: Making the Most of My Youth 重生之不负青春 Reborn in the past, I will lead the future. In my previous life, the times crushed me. In this life, I will stand at the pinnacle of the era and become its greatest luminary. 174Reads7.8Score—14d adds
- 29 Reborn: From Street Vendor to a Ten-Trillion-Yuan Tycoon 重生：从摆摊到十万亿首富 [Reborn in 1998 + business battles + grand strategy + no System + realistic] [Everything the protagonist does is part of his grand plan. Every villain is manipulated by him, and he never once suffers a setback passively.] Lin Fan, a trillionaire, is reborn at the age of nineteen, burdened with 100,000 yuan in debt. Starting with a street stall, he sets out to build his business empire all over again. He takes a stake in the biggest internet company and acquires the world's largest tech company. 6Reads—Score—14d adds
- 30 Beautiful Women Help Me Become the God of Thunder 红颜助我做雷神 A virus outbreak brings the world to ruin, causing a severe imbalance in the ratio of men to women. After Chen Yi's soul transmigrates into another body, he cultivates and grows stronger with a campus belle, a beautiful teacher, a gentle doctor, and a cold empress by his side. He gradually uncovers the mysteries of this world. The Fire Godhood is intact; the Godhoods of wind, earth, and water are incomplete; the space Godhood has been separated; and the Godhood of lightning, which governs puni 200Reads—Score—14d adds
- 31 Reborn, With One Goal: Make Money 重生，一心一意搞钱 The Judge's verdict left Ox-Head and Horse-Face staring at him in utter confusion. Was it “live again”? So Wang Ming got to live again, and even brought along a stock market prediction System. Can he build the life he wants in this new chance at life? What kind of exciting experiences await him? This is a story of defying fate and changing one's name, of making different choices to resolve the regrets left by a previous life. Once you're rich, would you dare say, “In this life, money holds no in 1.1kReads8.1Score10514d adds
- 32 1999: The Chinese Tycoon 1999：华夏大亨 Lin Dong is unexpectedly reborn in 1999, just as his father’s cannery faces a crisis. Thanks to his foresight, Lin Dong turns the situation around and earns the first pot of gold of his life. Next come real estate, the internet, e-commerce, lithography machines... He gets an early look at China’s industries and becomes a business magnate! 707Reads—Score10114d adds
- 33 Reborn in 2011: Fortune and Beauty in Hand 重生2011，财色双收 [Reborn] + [No System] + [Not brainless] + [Not a simp] + [Youthful campus life] + [Business tycoon] + [Living life to the fullest] Wu Yitian is reborn during the summer vacation of 2011. That year, he is about to become a senior in high school. When he meets the campus beauty who toyed with him in his previous life, he doesn’t seek revenge. Instead, he makes her play matchmaker to atone for her sins! With a second chance at life, he won’t let his family, love, or friendships down. He gradually 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 34 What’s So Great About Being Reborn? 重生有什么好的 Business tycoon Lu Nian had spent more than thirty years making his mark on the internet. He had money, property, and power. An accident sent him back to the time just after the college entrance exams. And so, one outrageous move after another followed. Standing before you now is the founder of dopamine style, a leader in short videos, and a top player in e-commerce! You ask what’s so great about being reborn? There’s nothing great about being reborn! It’s just that Su Qian’an’s face was so pure —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 35 The Top Student Transmigrates to Become a Royal Spy 学霸穿越当皇家密探 Ding Bufan, originally named Ding Yijian, is a sophomore at Rongcheng University. He transmigrates after climbing over the wall of Imperial Tomb Park and returns to the dynasty of the tomb’s owner. A girl named Ye Ziqiu, whose name is identical to that of his girlfriend, rescues him. After facing several trials and studying hard, Ding Bufan becomes a royal spy, arrests corrupt officials, rids the land of bullies, and marries a princess. From then on, his life takes off with every advantage imagi —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 36 Reborn in 2008: I Became a Tycoon with a Phone from the Future 重生08：我靠未来手机成首富 [Thrilling Business Battles] + [The Male Lead Isn’t a Saint] + [No Female Lead, Multiple Female Supporting Characters] + [Getting Rich Alongside His Brothers] Just after Shen Tian was reborn in the 2008 college entrance exam hall, he discovered a phone from 2025 in his pocket! The app “Toutiao” turned out to be a gold mine of information from the future! [Shocking! Bitcoin surges twenty millionfold in eight years!] [The first year of Taobao: Singles’ Day sales top 100 million!] [Financial crisis 6.5kReads—Score75414d adds
- 37 Reborn in 2006: Capital Tycoon 重生06，资本巨头 Cheng Youqing came home early from work and caught a naked couple in the act. When he asked for a divorce, the adulterer smugly thanked him for raising his child for seventeen years. He had worked like a dog for eighteen years, only to end up with this. Overcome with rage, he fainted. As his entire life flashed through his mind, he opened his eyes again and found himself back on the morning of June 9, 2006. “Darling, let’s get married after graduation.” “I’m sorry. You’re a good person, but we’r 4.5kReads7.9Score24314d adds
- 38 Reborn in 2010: I Have a Golden Finger System 重生2010，我有金手指系统 Reborn from 2025 into 2010, he buys lottery tickets for the 2010 South Africa World Cup and earns his first fortune. He mines Bitcoin like crazy, creates the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange, and becomes the biggest market maker. He founds ByteDance Group, whose subsidiaries include Toutiao, WeChat, Panda TV, Bilibili, Huya Video, Douyin, TikTok, Honor of Kings, Ele.me, Pinduoduo, and more... After Xia Feng is reborn, he gets a System, making it easy to earn money and turning his life int 252Reads—Score—14d adds
- 39 The Reborn Mystic’s Step-by-Step Master Plan 神棍重生步步为营 A fortune-telling master, rich enough to rival a nation, gives away all his wealth just to make up for one regret. Heaven answers his wish, sending him back to that chaotic era. He plans carefully and treads cautiously, not to reclaim his former glory, but to protect her and keep her safe for life. Yet with his abilities, even a gem buried in dust will eventually shine. 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 40 Ruthless and Decisive: The Hong Kong Tycoon’s Rise to Power 杀伐果断：港岛大亨强势崛起 It's 1973. Just as things were looking up, an unprecedented typhoon came along and sent Big Shot Wah and all his top men, boat and all, to the fishes. Snake Boy Ming had been hanging around the dock warehouse, hoping to coast through life doing nothing. Thanks to his eight years as a veteran member of the Wo Tu gang, he somehow rose through the ranks... What? Make a run for it? No way. We don't have a boat. What do you mean? You want more money... 1.1kReads6.2Score—14d adds
- 41 1992: Dad Ran Off with the Money and His Mistress 1992：老爹带小三卷钱跑路了 Fang Ming should have been a rich second-generation heir, living a carefree life and envied by everyone. But fate played a cruel joke on him. His own father ran off with his mistress, leaving Fang Ming and his mother with a debt of 200,000 yuan. Back in 1992, Fang Ming has just one thing to say: 200,000? That’s nothing! —Reads6.8Score—14d adds
- 42 Keeping a Low Profile, Living Life in the Fast Lane 默默无闻，低调狂飙人生 There are many ways to live. You don't have to pursue political power or a fortune worth hundreds of billions or trillions. Just live your own life well. A chance to be reborn came after being pinned down by a ghost. With better fortune on his side, Chen Yong set out with his passion and began a dream life that took flight. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 43 Reborn, Who Would Study Civil Engineering? 都重生了谁学土木啊 [Campus life + Everyday moments + Lighthearted + No System + Sweet romance + A struggling startup + A little romantic rivalry] On a construction site, the only thing that’s female is a nut. Everything else is male! Yu Xian spent ten years mixing concrete on construction sites, so he knew this all too well. He thought he was destined to be alone for the rest of his life, but unexpectedly, he returned to 2012, when he was eighteen. Unwilling to accept his fate, the young man decisively broke free —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 44 Reborn with Knowledge of a Fortune-Making Opportunity 重生之暴富机会我知道 Chen Zihao, a middle-aged loser, saved someone and was reborn in 2003. Using his knowledge of the future and the information gap it gave him, he built a fortune from nothing and rose to become a tycoon. Shangguan Ruoqing, the woman he saved, was reborn alongside him. In this life, she became an independent woman and a worthy match for Chen Zihao. They came to understand and love each other, and together they wrote a legend in the business world. 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 45 Back to 1988: Restarting My Life 重回1988人生重启 In his previous life, Wu Yundong died consumed by regret over how he had treated his family. Then he was reborn in 1988, on the day his teacher kicked him out of school during the second semester of his senior year. Watching his parents toil outside the window, he secretly made a vow. Since Heaven had given him another chance, he would never let the tragedy of his previous life happen again. 6.4kReads7.7Score60014d adds
- 46 Back to 2007 as a Big Shot 重返2007当大佬 [Urban + Period Setting + Reborn + Urban Daydreams + City Life + Workplace] Lu Yang, founder of the Kuaidou platform, is reborn in 2007. In this life, he wants to do just two things: never again miss the people he shouldn't have let slip away, and never let the people around him suffer even the slightest grievance! Along the way, he'll dabble in the internet and build up the nation through industry. 484Reads8.1Score—14d adds
- 47 Reborn: Chasing Dreams in the Livestreaming World 重生：逐梦直播圈 Liu Ke had reached middle age without accomplishing anything when he unexpectedly returned to his university days. Where’s the next big opportunity? What’s the easiest way to make money? Obviously, it’s livestreaming and fleecing the viewers! See how Liu Ke, given a second chance at life, chases his dream in the livestreaming world and rises to the top! 866Reads8.7Score10314d adds
- 48 Showbiz: The Trainee Who Was Sent Back 华娱之被退回的练习生 In 2014, the domestic entertainment industry entered the “first year of celebrity traffic.” The “Four Kings and Three Young Stars” monopolized trending searches, capital and data danced together, and promotional campaigns by rising actresses filled the air with the smoke of battle. At the time, Gu Qing had just returned from South Korea after terminating her contract. In her hands was a script for becoming an “unconventional top-tier star”: no backing from capital, no marketing machine, but arme —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 49 National Highway 2000: From Repair Shop to Comeback 国道2000：从修理厂开始逆袭 [National Highway + Trucking + Auto Repair + Rebirth + Investment + Foreign Assassin Organization] Lin Xiangbei is reborn in 2000 beside National Highway 107. His uncle tricks him into taking over a repair shop on the verge of bankruptcy... A new story is here! Come read my work on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support is what keeps me writing, and I’ll do my best to tell every story well! —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 50 Reborn in 2002: A Diary 2002重生日记 With the Child of Destiny’s luck, 24 hours of memories, and half a lifetime of experience, he rose to become the world’s richest person in four years and launched a business empire powerful enough to rival nations. From the internet and finance to agriculture, manufacturing, mining, and high technology, see how this man uses money and public opinion to dominate the world. If you had one chance to start over, how would you spend the dream life you’ve always wanted? 899Reads7.5Score12314d adds
